Nov 17, 2021
4 min read
Whiplash — Not!
A lesson for screenwriters and their teachers from a cello master
Whiplash is an okay (if too long) movie released in 2014 and set in a music conservatory.
Portraying the protagonist, JK Simmons won the Oscar for Best Performance.
In the movie, the institution’s pedagogy (if we can call it that) regarding arts education is full-tilt School…
